Bait holder



Patented Dec. 21,

JOSEPH J. Lnwrs, OF'ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON.

BAiT HOLDER.

Application filed May 9, 1925 Serial No.,29,174..

Theinvention is a bracket for holding cans of salmon eggs or the like sothat they may be normally held in thevertical position and readilytipped over to dump the eggs into a persons hand or so that the eggs Anda further object of the invention is to provide a bracket forholding acan or the like in the vertical position, which will permit the can tobe tilted without releasing it. With these ends in view the inventionembodies an L shaped bracket having a loopat the upper end, a'clipadjacent and a hinge at the lower end to which a secondary L shapedbracket with another clip at its upper end is attached. v i

Other features and advantages of the invention will app-ear from thefollowing description, taken in connection with the drawings, wherein VFigure 1 is a side elevation of the bracket, showing the can tilted indotted lines.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the upper clip with the upper end of theloop in section.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the lower clip. In the drawings I have shownmy device as it would be made wherein numeral 1 in- I material with avertical member 4, a horizontal member 5 and a loop 6 formedat theupper'end by bending the member 4 over and downward and attaching theend to the member at the point 7 The outer endofis provided with a hinge8 to which the horizontal member 9 of the bracket 2 is also attached.The bracket 2 is also provided with a vertical member 10 which extendsupward to a pointabout midway of the member 4 of the bracket 1.

The vertical member of the bracket 1 is provided with a clip 11 whichholds the can somewhat freely and the vertical member of the bracket 2is provided with a clip 12 which holds the can comparativelyrigid and itwill be observed that by pushing the can outward, it may be moved out ofthe clip ll and at the same time held by the-clip 12 so thatit may betilted to the position shown in It'will beuuderstood that changes nay bemade in the construction without departing from the spirit of theinvention. .One of which changes may be in the design of either 4 FFICEQit of the brackets, another may be in the means I for attaching thebracket'toa persons gar-' ment or belt, and still another may be in theuse of other means for holding the can in the bracket. v g V Theconstruction will be readily understood'from the foregoing description.use the device, the bracketmay be held to a persons side by placing thebelt through the loop 6 or by attaching it to the garment with a safetypin or the like. It will be ob:

served that the clip 11 will normally hold the can in the verticalposition a'ndthe clip 12 will positively hold the can to the bracket, sothat the can may readily be forced out of the clip 11 untila salmoneggor the like is dropped or upset. It'is also understood that any type ofutensil may be used; in place of the can as may be desired.. 7

Having thus fully described the invention,

what Iclaim as new and-desire to secure V m) other ,Spring clip to holda can-or the like rigidly to thesa d latter member, thereby allowing thecan or the like to be swung removed therefrom andthen snapped back 3into the clip 11 without danger of its being outwardly and downwardly byreleasing the spring clip on the's'aid" former member.

JOSEPH J. LEWIS,

(i0 dotted lines in Figure 1 without being released from the bracket.

